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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Data Linkages for Health Facilities
Under the Programme “Capacity Building for developing Trauma Care Facilities in Government Hospital on National Highways”, implemented by Dte.GHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare during the 12th Five Year Plan , one of the objective was establishment of National Trauma Injury Surveillance and Capacity Building Centre .
Accordingly, NISC was established at Dr. RML Hospital for collection, compilation, analysis of information from the Trauma Care Facilities  for the use of policy formation and preventive interventions.
To fulfil the objective of NISC and for the purpose of collection of injury related data from Government Hospitals, the WHO Injury Surveillance format was reviewed by technical experts and a National Injury Surveillance format based on Indian scenario was finalized. Data is presently being collected from 47 Trauma Care Facilities.
The Minister of State , Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Fake Sagarmala Website
It has come to the notice of Ministry of Shipping that a fake website link with the url: http://sagarmala.org.in/ is being sent through emails to job seekers and other genuine stakeholders of Sagarmala programme. This fake website that may appear to be similar or identical to the original Sagarmala Website contains a false advertisement about recruitment of Engineer trainee and Diploma trainee.
Through this release, it is here by cautioned against any such false and misleading advertisements. It may be noted, that such acts of fraud, misrepresentation, falsification and fabrication of information as seen here are clear violations under the Information Technology Act and the Indian Penal Code, for which swift and strict criminal actions are being initiated against all such fraudulent entities.
All the stakeholders of the Sagarmala Programme are hereby reminded that the official domain of Sagarmala website is http://www.sagarmala.gov.in/
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NETRAVATI EXPRESS RESCHEDULED
Train No. 16346, Thiruvananthapuram Central- Lokmanya Thilak, Netravathi Express scheduled to leave Thiruvananthapuram Central at 09.50 hrs on 31st March 2017 is rescheduled to start at 13.50 hrs on same day, as traffic regulation is imposed in Central Railway in connection with commissioning of double line between Roha and Nagathane stations.
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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Contribution of Renewable Energy Sources is estimated to be around 21% of Electricity Demand in 2021-22 : R.K.Singh
As per Central Electricity Authority’s National Electricity Plan, contribution of renewable energy sources is estimated to be around 21% of the total electricity demand of the country in the year 2021-22 and 24% by 2026-27.
The major efforts being taken by the Government to meet the targets of renewable energy in the country, inter-alia, include Permitting Foreign Direct Investment  up to 100 percent under the automatic route, strengthening of Power Purchase Agreements, mandating requirement of Letter of Credit as payment security mechanism by distribution licensees for ensuring timely payments to RE generators, setting of Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Parks to provide land and transmission on plug and play basis to investors , waiver of Inter State Transmission System  charges and losses for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned by 31st December, 2022, notification of standard bidding guidelines to enable distribution licensee to procure solar and wind power at competitive rates in cost effective manner, declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation  up to the year 2022, laying of transmission lines under Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of Power in Renewable rich states, launching of new schemes, such as, PM-KUSUM, Solar Rooftop Phase II, 12000 MW CPSU Scheme Phase II, etc.
As part of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Accord on Climate Change, India has made a pledge that by 2030, 40% of its installed power generation capacity shall be from non-fossil fuel sources and will reduce its carbon emission intensity of GDP by 33-35 % considering 2005 level. The Government has set a target to install 175 GW of renewable energy capacity in the country by the year 2022. This includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from biomass and 5 GW from small hydro power.
This information was given by Shri R.K. Singh, Minister of State  for New & Renewable Energy, Power and MoS for Skill Development And Entrepreneurship in written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Current pace and scale of climate finance and technology support from developed countries not matching the global aspiration to combat climate change: Shri Bhupender Yadav
Multilateralism and its rules based order should be honoured by all
Reiterating India’s commitments to the ambitious targets announced by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in the form of five nectar elements “Panchamrit” including the ambitious target of 500 GW of non-fossil energy at the COP 26 summit held in Glasgow in November 2021, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender, Yadav today stated that India has embarked upon one of the most ambitious energy transition programmes in the world.
The Minister, addressing the virtual Ministerial Meeting of Major Economies Forum  on 27th January 2022, hosted by the US Special Envoy for Climate Change Mr John Kerry, expressed his appreciation for the collective efforts of the parties to the UNFCCC for the outcomes of COP26 especially on the outstanding matters related to the Paris Agreement Rule Book and called for the continued commitment to keep the momentum of climate action in 2022 including in COP 27, and work together to further pursue the efforts building on the COP26 outcomes.
The Union Environment Minister called for action and implementation of commitments, but also stressed that current pace and scale of climate finance and technology support from developed countries are not matching the global aspiration to combat climate change and there is a need for upscaling the delivery and targets of implementation support including finance and technologies.
Shri Yadav emphasised and reiterated the call of Prime Minister at COP26 to the world community to embrace the mantra of LIFE- Lifestyle for Environment, for the mass movement on sustainable lifestyles for combating climate change will help the global community to accelerate climate actions and to bridge the gaps in global climate resilient transition.
“Further, multilateralism and its rules based order should be honored by ALL without resorting to unilateral measures which would harm other countries”, stated the Minister emphasizing that the principles and provisions of UNFCCC including equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities should continue to be the guiding pillars of global efforts to combat climate change.
At COP26, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi presented an ambitious agenda for India’s contribution to the global efforts to combat climate change. His vision of 5 Panchamrit or nectar elements involves installation of 500 GW non fossil energy capacity by 2030, reduction in emissions intensity of GDP by 45% over 2005 levels, 50% electric installed capacity coming from non-fossil sources by 2030, 1 billion tonnes reduction in carbon emissions till 2030 and India to become net-zero by 2070.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19-Best Practices
Uttar Pradesh establishes Integrated COVID Control & Command Centre, and a Unified State COVID Portal
As the pandemic enters the ninth month in India, the Centre has steadfastly led the response and management strategy for COVID with a sharp focus on the management of the pandemic in the States and UTs. The State/UT governments have in close coordination and integral collaboration implemented the Centre-led policies and interventions. Many have also designed customised innovative measures to fight the pandemic. These are being emulated by others, thereby facilitating wider implementation of regional ideas and best practices.
The government of Uttar Pradesh has taken various initiatives in this direction.
On 18th July 2020, the UP government established the Integrated COVID Control & Command Centres  in all districts as well as the State headquarter with representation of all relevant departments to address the rising number of positive cases. These centres are primarily for ensuring effective coordination among relevant departments for Non Pharmaceutical Interventions . They also facilitate prompt referral of COVID-19 patients to the appropriate level of dedicated COVID facilities. The Command centres coordinate with zonal units to ensure prompt testing of symptomatic patients and contacts, intimation of laboratory status, facilitation of transport and facility allocation in case of admission, and regular follow up of cases under home isolation.
Uttar Pradesh has also developed a Unified State COVID Portal: http://upcovid19tracks.in which captures all information related to surveillance, testing and treatment of COVID patients. Regular trainings are being provided to ensure quality of data and data management at the District-level. Since its development, the portal has further evolved with more understanding of the disease, and interventions and feedback from the users at the State and District levels. Availability of digitalized data has facilitated decentralized as well as granular analysis for prompt decision making and response. This portal has also benefitted through interoperability with the Govt of India portal.
The State Government has also procured 1000 High Flow Nasal Canula  from the State funds. 500 of these have been installed and are being utilized for non-invasive management of patients in the State.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar chairs Universal Health Coverage Day Ceremony
“Building a Resilient Healthcare System forms the foundation of Prime Minister’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat”
Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas have helped in fighting the pandemic: Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
“Building a healthcare system that is resilient and sturdy forms the foundation of Prime Minister’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat”. This was stated by Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare as shechaired the “Universal Health Coverage Day,2021” ceremony and the day-long workshop of technical discussions on the theme “Leave No One’s Health Behind: Invest in Health Systems For All”, here today.
With focus on provisioning of quality healthcare covering primary, secondary and tertiary spheres, the Union Minister highlighted that Government of India haslaunched the all-encompassing Ayushman Bharat Yojana in 2018 with the goal of “Sabka Saath and Sabka Viswas” in mind. While primary healthcare with the aim of providing services close to the community was launched in 2018, this was strengthened with AB-PMJAY in September 2018, Ayushman Digital Mission and PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission this year. “The focus is on wellness and quality of care”, she added.She noted that while COVID led to delay in several activities all over the world, in India, work on Health and Wellness Centres  increased despite the pandemic. More than 81,000 HWCs have been operationalised as on date, and the target of 1.10 lakh HWCs will be completed by end of March 2022.
“We are moving ahead to meet the goal of Universal Health Coverage with “Whole of Society” approach with Sahbhagyata and Sankalp”, Dr Pawar stated.The Union Minister expressed her gratitude and appreciation to all the healthcare workers for their exemplary work during the challenging times of the COVID pandemic. “The concept of “Health For All” is a guiding motto under which we work as “health soldiers”, she said.She congratulated the states and all frontline healthcare workers and the development partners for the achievement of more than 133 crore vaccination doses under the nationwide COVID vaccination drive.
The Union Minister felicitated the states under the categories of “Best AB-HWC – Primary Healthcare Team Awards”, “Best Performing State/UT under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”, “Screening of NCDs and common cancers at AB-HWCs”, “Creation of Digital Health IDs” and “PMJAY-NHA Awards”. She also launched a coffee table book on good and replicable healthcare practices,and training manuals for primary healthcare team on expanded package of services. An SMS feature was also launched under the NPCDCS Program which will help in creating awareness on non-communicable diseases.
Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, Dr.RS Sharma, CEO, NHA, Shri Vikas Sheel, AS&MD, Shri Vishal Chauhan, JS , and senior officials of the Ministry were present on the occasion.Dr. Roderico Orfin, WHO representative to India and Dr Sangeeta Patel, Director, Health Office at USAID participated in the event.
Special Service and Features
Department of Telecommunication  strikes off 9606 spurious mobile numbers
(Advanced AI tool ASTR was used to weed out fake and non bonafide mobile connections
The Department of Telecommunication  has disconnected 9606 mobile connections, which were found to be fraudulent and with forged identity, in Kerala . The action was taken after the DoT verified the telecom SIM subscribers in the state through its artificial intelligence -based facial recognition tool called ASTR. The tool was implemented to analyze, identify and weed out fake and non-bonafide mobile connections for curbing cyber-crime. The system used subscriber images and compared the same with others. The illegal connections were detected after similar images with different names were matched. A total of 11462 mobile connections issued by different telecom operators in the state were found to be improper and were re-verified by the telecom operators concerned and finally 9606 connections were found non-bonafide and disconnected after reverification.
The ASTR tool, which is new age powerful tool, analyzed the combined subscriber data base of all the telecom service providers to detect the non bonafide mobile connections. Based on the analysis, the service providers have also blacklisted point of salesSIM sellers, who are sales agents for service providers, who were involved in such fraudulent activities. Complaints have been lodged byservice providers for investigation and taking necessary action against the culprits. The steps taken will help to prevent the usage of fake/forged mobile connections for various illegal activities including cyber-crimes in Kerala.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Union Minister for FAHD Shri Parshottam Rupala visits Jammu & Kashmir with a view of strengthening the fisheries ecosystem in the country
Distributes 28 sanction orders among beneficiaries for setting up aquaculture development units under PMMSY
Interacts with beneficiaries, fish farmers and fishermen
Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, Shri Parshottam Rupala, visited the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir for review meeting with a vision and objective to strengthen the fisheries sector development including other works.
Shri Parshottam Rupala also distributed 28 sanction orders among beneficiaries for setting up aquaculture development units under PMMSY and Aquaculture development plan, 12 bikes among the beneficiaries for AI coverage at Baramulla under aspirational district programme, Kisan Credit Card , where fishermen can take loan from the banks and inaugurate fishermen of MBUs  along with VETs, PARA-VETS under aspirational district programme.
Shri Parshottam Rupala, addressed regarding the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojna  scheme and other multidimensional activities of blue revolution with major focus on increasing fisheries production and productivity  and its associated activities, including infrastructure development, Marketing, Exports, and institutional arrangements, etc. In this regard, the review meeting was chaired by him at Dak Bungalow Baramulla. Shri Rupala interacted with the dignitaries/officers , beneficiaries of PMMSY and KCC. Further, he highlighted about the implementation of PMMSY scheme in all the States and Union Territories and talked in detail about addressing the value chain of fisheries through implementation of schemes such as PMMSY and KCC for beneficiaries, fish farmers & fishermen.
Shri Rupala enlightened about achievements of Department of Fisheries such as establishment of 2 new Freshwater Finfish Hatcheries, establishment of 3 new Trout fish Hatcheries, construction of 27 hectares of ponds under area expansion for aquaculture sanctioned, integrated development of 2 small reservoirs., construction of 650 new Raceways, establishment of 28 RAS and 77 Bio-floc tanks, Ornamental Breeding and Rearing units, construction of 8 new Fish feed mills, 55 post-harvest transportation units  sanctioned, 25 replacement boats and nets for traditional fishermen, livelihood and nutritional support for 33682 socio-economically backward active traditional fishers’ families during fishing ban/lean period.
Further he threw light on the financial achievements under the fisheries sector for Blue Revolution, PMMSY, KCC with a total targeted investment of Rs 226 Crore and central fund allocation of Rs 145 Crore.
Beneficiaries, fish farmers and fishermen interacted with Union Minister Shri Parshottam Rupala. This interactive session helped to come out with their issues being faced and the same will be worked upon for improvement of fisheries sector.
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PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- 185.74 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- India's Active caseload currently stands at 11,058
- Active cases stand at 0.03%
- Recovery Rate currently at 98.76%
- 929 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to
4,25,03,383
- 861 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
- Daily positivity rate 
- Weekly Positivity Rate 
- 79.41 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 2,71,211 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
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President's Secretariat
President of India to Present Visitor’s Awards 2019 During the Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities, Directors of Iisers and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore on December 17
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind will present the Visitor’s awards 2019, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 17, 2019, during the conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities, Directors of IISERs and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.
Subsequent to the conferment of Visitor’s Awards, the Conference will witness the presentation by different sub groups of the heads of institutions on issues such as promotion of research, innovation and entrepreneurship; industry – academia linkages; filling up of vacancies; creating and utilising alumni-based endowment funds and completing infrastructure projects.
Apart from the heads of 49 institutions of higher learning , the Union Minister for Human Resource Development; Minister of State for Human Resource Development; Secretaries of concerned Departments; Chairman of University Grants Commission and Chairman AICTE will also attend the Conference.
List of participating Central Universities
Prime Minister's Office
PM strongly condemns terrorist attacks inside a church in Nice, France
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in France, including today's heinous attack in Nice inside a church.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "I strongly condemn the recent terrorist attacks in France, including today's heinous attack in Nice inside a church. Our deepest and heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and the people of France. India stands with France in the fight against terrorism."
Ministry of Science & Technology
Cabinet approves proposal for Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation between India and the United States of America.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation between India and the United States of America.
Benefits:
- Agreement will open a new chapter in bilateral relations as both sides will leverage complementary strengths spurred by a significant convergence of mutual interests in science and technology.
- The Agreement would provide an opportunity to promote ‘high quality’ and ‘high impact’ research and innovation partnerships as well as broadening and expanding relationships between the extensive scientific and technological communities.
Salient features:
The cooperation would be made in the various forms which include the following:
- Exchanges of scientific & technical information and experts.
- Convening of seminars and meetings.
- Training of scientists and technical experts.
- Conduct of cooperative research projects.
- Establishment of science & innovation-based public-private partnerships.
- Use of advance research facilities.
UPSC
Recruitment Results Finalized by UPSC during the month of August, 2021
The following Recruitment Results have been finalized by the Union Public Service Commission during the month of August, 2021. The recommended candidates have been informed individually by post.
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